//=============================================================================
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//                               OpenMesh                                     
//      Copyright (C) 2001-2005 by Computer Graphics Group, RWTH Aachen       
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//   $Revision: 1.2 $
//   $Date: 2005-12-21 13:53:48 $
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//=============================================================================


//=============================================================================
//
//  Helper Functions for binary reading / writing
//
//=============================================================================


#ifndef OPENMESH_VECTOR_TRAITS_HH
#define OPENMESH_VECTOR_TRAITS_HH


//== INCLUDES =================================================================

#include <Core/System/config.hh>
#include <Core/Utils/GenProg.hh>
#if defined(OM_CC_MIPS)
#  include <stdlib.h>
#else
#  include <cstdlib>
#endif

//== NAMESPACES ===============================================================


namespace OpenMesh {


	//=============================================================================


	/** \name Provide a standardized access to relevant information about a
	vector type.
	*/
	//@{

	//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/** Helper class providing information about a vector type.
	*
	* If want to use a different vector type than the one provided %OpenMesh
	* you need to supply a specialization of this class for the new vector type.
	*/
	template <typename T>
	struct vector_traits
	{
		/// Type of the vector class
		typedef typename T::vector_type vector_type;

		/// Type of the scalar value
		typedef typename T::value_type  value_type;

		/// size/dimension of the vector
		static const size_t size_ = T::size_;

		/// size/dimension of the vector
		static size_t size() { return size_; }
	};

	//@}


	//=============================================================================
} // namespace OpenMesh
//=============================================================================
#endif // OPENMESH_MESHREADER_HH defined
//=============================================================================
